Mirin Great assistant for gentle, healthy taste of Japanese food What is Mirin? Mirin is a kind of alcohol(14%) with natural very sweet taste. Made with groutinus rice and koji bacteria with Japanese sprit “shochu”. What is good of Mirin? Mirin contains lots of Umami taste and gives food “sweetness with style” that does not disturb the original taste of ingredients. Mirin also provides shiny looking so that it makes food look more attractive without oil. Umami – 5th taste human feel other than sweetness, sourness, bitterness and saltiness. You can feel food tasty with less other seasonings   There are similar product “mirin-hu”(hu means “like” in Japanese) in the … Continue reading Mirin -ingredients-